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outland Germans

outland Germans noun: germans living abroad, in a foreign land.

Noun

outland Germans pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Germans living abroad, in a foreign land.
    • Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402
    • The little figures, he tells them, represent, according to color, 200 to 50,000 outland Germans each.1936 December 7, LIFE, page 28

Origin of outland Germans

Calque of the German term Auslandsdeutsche.

Questions about outland Germans

What does outland Germans mean?
Outland Germans means germans living abroad, in a foreign land.
What part of speech is outland Germans?
Outland Germans is a noun.

Words near outland Germans in the dictionary

  1. outlance
  2. outlanced
  3. outlances
  4. outlancing
  5. outland
  6. outland Germans
  7. outlanded
  8. outlander
  9. outlanders
  10. outlanding
  11. outlandish

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